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. 1960 Sep;24(3):289–308. doi: 10.1128/br.24.3.289-308.1960

THE INTRACELLULAR TURNOVER OF PROTEIN AND NUCLEIC ACIDS AND ITS ROLE IN BIOCHEMICAL DIFFERENTIATION

J Mandelstam 1
PMCID: PMC441055  PMID: 13766080

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